Five things to watch in the New York City ePrix

With just four races left in the 2016/17 Formula E season, the pressure is building in the race to become the next all-electric champion. But with points leader Sebastien Buemi absent, the narrative of the weekend has been changed completely. Here are the key things to watch out for in the Qualcomm New York City ePrix : Can di Grassi capitalise? After finishing third in the Season 1 standings, and second last time, Lucas di Grassi is desperate to win the championship this time around. However, he’s been playing catch-up to Sebastien Buemi since Round 1 in Hong Kong . But with Buemi missing the New York races, di Grassi has the perfect opportunity to overcome the deficit. At the moment he’s 32 points behind Buemi, with 58 to play for in New York. So far this season, di Grassi has been averaging 15.6 points a race. If he keeps that up over this weekend, he ought to go into t...